Dr Tingzhen Chen ~ Senior Lecturer

Tingzhen Chen <Tingzhen.Chen@jcu.edu.au> is a Senior Lecturer in tourism in James Cook University. She studied in Xi´an International Studies University in China and then completed a joint double degree with Honours in Tourism Management from James Cook University, Australia. She completed her doctorate at the same university. Her main research interests include tourism seasonality in Asia Pacific (particularly implications of institutional seasonality), tourist experience (focusing on Chinese outbound tourists), and cross-discipline research (e.g., marketing/economics implications of tourists’ organic food consumption). She has published several journal articles and conference papers in the above topics across tourism, economics, and marketing areas.

Teaching

• BX2091: Tourism and Leisure Management (Level 2; TSV)
• BX2093: Sports Management (Level 2; TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Tourism (3508)
• Communication and media studies (4701)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Tourism services (1104)
• Management and productivity (1503)

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Ethnic tourism in Vietnam's Central Highlands: Issues, Interventions and Effects (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Exploring the success of Marine Conservation practices Implemented with the help of Tourism activities (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Developing tea and coffee tourism in Indonesia (PhD , Primary Advisor)

Completed

• Behind Tourist Scams: Understanding Practice and Decision Making (2022, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• No signal here: self-development and optimal experience from digital-free tourism (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)